As part of the Jubilee celebrations, a group of senior non-dancers [and a few still active dancers] attended an afternoon tea dance. They decided that they enjoyed the social aspects of this dance so very much, that they wished to meet on a more regular basis, in a suitable venue.  The first meeting was held at the Ewington Hotel [Queens Park] in 2000, organised by Ruth Beattie, ably assisted by Dorothy Paterson and Joyce Turkington.  This event developed to about three meetings per year, plus a Summer outing and a Christmas lunch.  The general format for the ordinary meetings is to have a speaker, followed by afternoon tea. There is a small charge to cover the costs for the hotel meeting room and afternoon tea.

On the afternoon of Wednesday, October 24, 2007 the guest speaker was Branch Member, Johan MacLean who spoke about Gaelic Music to an appreciative audience, including several accomplished musicians. Johan chose examples from the huge varity of music to illustrate the different categories of songs, singing a verse and chorus from each piece. She included "Orain Luaidh" - communal work songs, often sung for waulking tweed; milking and walking songs which have very prominant rhythms, adding amusing anecdotes about the practices and gossiping of the workers. Johan gave us titbits of "Orain Mor” or big ballads, and songs of the sea, laments and leaving songs where the words are so poingant and beautiful. Johan read verses in her lyrical accent and translated passages to make her points. The work of the hugely successful Popular Modern group Runrig was praised as they write and perform in the traditional manner. The presentation ended with what we were all waiting for, a lively performance of "Puirt a Beul" - songs for dancing to, known in English as Mouth Music.